Reps Panel Clears Gbajabiamila of Links to Purported Foreign Intervention Council

A House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the alleged inclusion of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Federal Government budget has cleared Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in the organisation’s activities.

Presenting the committee’s preliminary findings, its chairman, Yusuf Gagdi, said on Wednesday that the panel found no evidence that Gbajabiamila established, authorised or participated in the activities of the purported council. Instead, the committee said he alerted the police, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the DSS and the EFCC after concerns about the organisation were brought to his attention.

The lawmakers also found that a letter purportedly appointing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi as Director-General of the organisation was forged and falsely attributed to the Presidency. According to the committee, State House records showed that Gbajabiamila neither issued nor signed the document, while the letterhead and reference number were also found to be inconsistent with official records.

The panel further dismissed an alleged executive order and an Act of the National Assembly said to have established the council, saying neither document was legally valid. It concluded that there was no lawful authority establishing an institution known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, while preliminary financial findings reportedly linked about 58 bank accounts to details associated with Adeyemi

The controversy emerged after the purported council appeared in the 2026 federal budget despite questions over its legal status. The committee said its findings were preliminary and commended Gbajabiamila for taking security and administrative measures whenever concerns about the organisation were brought to his attention.